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Joseph City picked up one win in four games at the Coyotes Basketball Invitational tournament hosted by Arizona Lutheran Academy. The Wildcats struggled in Thursday’s only game with a 36-62 loss to the host team Coyotes. Joseph City scored in single digits in both the second and third periods, which wasn’t enough to keep up with the Coyotes. Latrell Kinlicheenie led the way with 14 points. KJ Kinlicheenie added 7 and Kaden Moss helped with 6.
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Friday afternoon the Wildcats picked up a 67-57 win over the Arete Prep Chargers. Joseph City had steady consistent scoring in each of the four periods and held the Chargers to only 20 first half points to get the win.
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Latrell Kinlicheenie led with 19 points. Jay Edwards added 18, Seth Hutchens had 12, and KJ Kinlicheenie finished with 11.
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Friday night didn’t go as well with the Wildcats on the wrong end of a 63-31 outcome against AZ College Prep. Joseph City struggled out of the gates netting just three in the opening frame, then added only eight in the second. They trailed 34-11 at the half, and never recovered in the second half. Latrell Kinlicheenie did his part with 14 points and was the only player in double figures for the Wildcats.
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Joseph City’s final game of the tournament came at noon on Saturday and resulted in a 62-52 loss to 3A Payson. Payson jumped all over the Wildcats in the first eight minutes building a 29-5 first period lead. Joseph City outscored the longhorns over the final three periods but they couldn’t recover from the first period onslaught.
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Hutchens led in scoring with 16 points, followed by Latrell Kinlicheenie with 15.
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Joseph City wrapped up the 2018 version of their schedule with an overall record of 8-9. They are 6-2 in regular season games leaving them ranked eighth in the 1A rankings. The remainder of their schedule will be regular season match ups up until the post season begins.
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